Do you need ftp access or just to upload files from windows? If so the ssh client Putty http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ should do the trick and here's a howto...
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Do you need ftp access or just to upload files from windows? If so the ssh client Putty http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/ should do the trick and here's a howto...
I would start in recovery mode, first check is whether you can access the GRUB2 boot loader. Boot your computer while holding the Shift key. You see a menu with a list of operating systems click on...
I think I've been usig Ubuntu since Warty but it might be Hoary. Ubuntu upgrading has got much, much better, it could be a bit hit or miss in the early days. I alway used to just whip the / partition...
Attached a sceenshot of classic menu indicator. I like to have it just to quickly see if I have something installed - but I barely use it. I use the dash and type the first few letters of the apps...
I think you just need to give your system a host name
Open a terminal and run
sudo gedit /etc/hostname and add something to the file for example then
sudo gedit /etc/hosts amd modify it so...
Glad it worked
Is this on a server without a gui?
This will works open a terminal and run sudo nano /etc/phpmyadmin/apache.conf
Then when you have edited the file Ctrl x remembering to answer y
Open the dash and type software, then open "Software and Update," on the other software tab unselect the CDROM. If you want the command line open a terminal type in the following command
sudo...
Is the set up to boot MBR legacy mode or EFI? In system BIOS what happens if you force it to boot legacy MBR
Yes the fix works
Having the same problem it's a bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/grub2/+bug/1274320 note post 34 has a fix I might try it
Seriously if you think the Windows A,B,C,D method of naming drives (where you can't even tell a drive from a partition) is how it should be you have a problem. However, if you want to clone use...
I would go for one of the extension tools built for Firefox then
You wan't to give a user admin powers without a password? This is a bad idea, personally I would limit the number of users that have admin privalages and those that do need to use a password before...
This isn't the easiest thing to do but will work well, you could set up a Squid proxy sever and then use Squid guard / dansguardian to block sites. Otherwise Firefox has has extensions you could use,...
ZFS and BTRFS come to mind as alternatives to a traditional RAID system heres a few links:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZFS
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/btrfs
Hardware - I'd check RAM by booting on a live CD and using memtest. Overheating? is the heatsink sitting nicely on the processor?
I use clonezilla on the excellent Parted Magic http://partedmagic.com/ live CD which has many useful utilities that can for example help you recover lost partitions, unformat etc.
Thanks could you mark as solved?
I find if i download the torrent file and then double click it transmission just opens.
I think if you edit the /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride file and remove reference to clamav
sudo nano /var/lib/dpkg/statoverride or use gedit if you prefer. However to get clamav to update open a...
Linux is so much better than Windows for my purposes, Ubuntu gives a good stable system that is easy to setup with dood defaults, I personally like Unity (apart from the online search, which I turn...
I've found these howtos very good
http://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=Ubuntu_13.04&p=mail&f=1
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect-server-ubuntu-12.04-lts-apache2-bind-dovecot-ispconfig-3-p4
Yes
You can configure the computer, set up services, set up networking, search and manipulate files, listen to music etc etc etc. If you were running a linux server you probbly wouldn't have a...
I think you may have problems with divers and hardware starting in the middle of the guide given above what happens if you run
alsamixer and
sudo lshw | grep Audio or
sudo lspci | grep Audio...